General Warehouse - Receiving

Come join our team!

$1,000 Retention Bonus (after 1 year)

Paid Time Off

11 Paid Holidays

Eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan

Competitive Benefits

MPS, a division of Macmillan Publishers, a leading US publisher of Trade and Academic titles, has a job opening for a Material Handler for our Receiving Department in our Gordonsville, Virginia facility. MPS provides back office support, warehousing, and, fulfillment for Macmillan US, and is their primary distribution facility for North America.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• WMS - Looks up locations and retrieves order status information.
• Removes shrink-wrap from pallets in preparation for them to be located in the racks.
• Sorts books and breaks down assortments of books.
• Loads the induction line.
• Operates the Cubi-Scan to dimension size the book and carton (length, width, height, weight).

Miscellaneous Duties of All General Warehouse Employees:

• Maintains a clean, neat and orderly work area.
• Conducts operations in a manner which promotes safety.
• Enforces established safety, health, and housekeeping policies and procedures in order to minimize injuries, loss of production time, and damage.
• Conforms to all company policies and procedures (Employee Handbook)
• Complies with all environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Computer Skills

Hourly Rate: $17.2800 to $17.9800

Physical requirements/job attributes:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend; stoop; walk; stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

MPS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status, and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.